When I met Ms. Kate Carlisle at the Kingsbridge VA in Bronx, New York, I had accidently made reference to something that was said by connecting it to an action I had in the service. When I realized I had said something I did not want to divulge, I tried to let it hang. She noticed my discomfort and said, I am very interested in things about WW2. You should write about your experiences. I think I offhandedly replied, Oh! I could write a book about my combat experiences, but I never typed anything in my life. To which she countered, You write, and Ill type! She was serious, and I wrote, and she, good to her word, kept typing and asking for more. The project ended abruptly when she was transferred to Boston to work on her PHD. It would have probably died there, but upon mentioning it to my daughter Patricia, she then provided me with an old computer and some lessons, so I had no excuse. To you who have never tried, writing is real work! Now everyone was waiting to see what the baby was going to look like. I was now in labor, and that takes time. I said this to those who had great expectations of me as a writer. The balky computer was giving me all the cover I needed to quit because, due to my ineptness, it was only operating on certain days. My son Kevin became Mr. Fix-It with the computer, and while I loved his company, I couldnt have him spend the time fixing it, so I eventually broke down and bought a new laptop with a printer. Now I was in business! Well, I found out you could play solitaire and chess on this machine as well as type. Guess what I got involved with until I got a call from Trafford publishing? Well, now I had to finish my writing. Lastly, I must acknowledge and thank all who will read this book, which spans the era from my birth in 1925, which was in the period Roaring Twenties. Then we lived through the 1930s, the Great Depression, in the worst in the history of our nation and concluded in 1945 with the end of the greatest war in history. I was honorably discharged from the army in 1946. I will give you more than a snapshot of those above events, which is a lot more than the few lines the kids get to read in their high school history books of this exhausting string of decades, including war that covered actions in five continents. What you dont often read in textbooks is the daily life and the drama it brings to ordinary people in such times. You will meet my family. They are not only of my bloodlines but my real buddies. You will read about my faith, which I love dearly and I try to live it. I really cant understand people who try to live without its benefits. We who had our lives chastised by so much life are now judged as living in a historic era and said to be of the greatest generation. As an eyewitness to those historic times and now an overripe geriatric of age 89, I only wish to put into our accumulated history what I can pass on to the greater generation of my grand- and great-grandchildren. To do this, I thought it best to start at the beginning.
SHAG CARPETING, TALKING DOGS, grizzly bears and Emilio Pucci commercials. Jim Nolan has encountered them all and survived. These stories, most of which first aired on WBFO Public Radio in Buffalo, relate how his love for his hometown and family was able to overcome the obstacles they set in his way, specifically, his father's scrambled eggs and offer to reveal "the secret of math." Warm-hearted and hilarious, Smokey captures a city and era full of eccentricities, hidden dangers and the best local food east of Kansas City.
European and Irish politics simmer and boil over in a Waterford village in 1934. Jim Nolan, in this enormously courageous play, asserts the compulsions, the power and the price of dreams.
The critically acclaimed Jim Henson's The Storyteller: Giants includes four mythic tales of when giants roamed the Earth, inspired by folklore from around the world and told in the spirit of Jim Henson's beloved television series. Includes exclusive behind-the-scenes art and more! Collects the complete limited series.
In this second issue, Brandon Dayton, creator of one of YALSA's 2008 Top Ten Teen Graphic Novels The Green Monk, combines folklore from Russia, Norway, and France with The Tailor's Daughter, a journey that follows a young woman as she outwits an unruly, cruel giant.
In the final Giants tale, Feifei Ruan tells the Arabic tale of The Fisherman and The Giant, wherein a vengeful king has transformed his people into fish, and a fisherman must work to release the curse.
With 14 All-Star appearances, 13 Gold Gloves, a Most Valuable Player Award, and, of course, a World Series ring, Ivan "Pudge" Rodriguez has more than earned his spot in Cooperstown as one of the best Major League catchers of all time. In They Call Me Pudge, Rodriguez tells the story of his unforgettable baseball journey, from signing his first professional contract as a 16 year-old in Puerto Rico, to his years in Texas, Detroit, and beyond, to the World Series stage in Miami, and behind the doors of the Texas Rangers front office. Rodriguez's accomplishments, his teammates, and his biggest challenges all receive time in the spotlight in this refreshing memoir of a life and Hall-of-Fame career.
When Pru's little brother Spoon goes missing, she'll need the help of a forest spirit to save him from the lair of Ireland's most fabled supernatural beings: the Fomorian Giants. Presented by Jared Cullum in gorgeous watercolor.
This is the eBook of the printed book and may not include any media, website access codes, or print supplements that may come packaged with the bound book. This text explores two forms of hate and prejudice – racism in contemporary American society and the historical occurrence of anti-Semitism – under a single conceptual framework. Jack Levin, is a well-known scholar, author, and lecturer on the subject of hate crimes. In this book he shows how support for both racism and anti-Semitism can be conceptualized as occurring among four groups: hatemongers, dabblers, sympathizers, and spectators. Levin argues that hate and prejudice continue at a very dangerous level in our society, and that hate typically emanates not from the ranting and raving of a few people at the margins of society, but from ordinary people in the mainstream. Jim Nolan , new to this edition, is an Associate Professor at West Virginia University, and a former FBI agent, specializing in hate crimes and prejudice.
Afterwords: What I Remember, is the fourth anthology of writing from the Veterans Writing Workshop. For ten Monday nights in the Spring of 2012, eight veterans met around a table at Fordham University's Westchester campus to share their stories and get in touch with the writer inside themselves. Here are stories from the jungles of Vietnam and the frozen battlefields of World War II, stories from the front line and from the home front. If there is a common thread that runs through these stories, it's a sense of responsibility and duty toward one's comrades and toward one's self.
Set in a dangerous time, the summer of 1666 in County Waterford, Blackwater Angel dramatizes the temptations of Valentine Greatrakes (1629-1683) and explores the relationships of this "stroker," or miracle-worker, with his art, anxieties, and fears, with his family and retinue, and with a troupe of strolling players.
In this book you will hear the voices of veterans who served in Iraq, Vietnam, and World War II. Here are stories about choices, about how the choices we make--in the confusion of battle, behind the controls of a helicopter, or on the tense streets of a foreign culture--can have lasting and sometimes lethal effects. Here also are stories about the power of human endurance and perseverance, how simply choosing to survive can be the greatest victory of all.
These tales capture the humor and themes of traditional Diné literature. . . . The collection resonates with deep cultural authenticity."--Enrique Lamadrid, author of Juan the Bear and the Water of Life: La Acequia de Juan del Oso
In the early days of radio, producers, directors and scriptwriters were well aware of the listening public's fascination with subject matter tinged with wrongdoing. Stories of right and wrong, crime and punishment, and law and order kept audiences of every age hooked for more than thirty years. This work covers 300+ syndicated radio mystery and adventure serials that aired in the early or middle twentieth century. To be included, a series must have had one or more regularly appearing characters who fought against espionage, theft, murder and other crimes. Each entry includes series name, air dates, sponsor, extant episodes, cast information and synopsis.
In the same full-color, fully illustrated format as the best-selling horse photographic series, this guide is written by a leading expert, and provides everything the family dog owner needs to know about the Labrador Retriever, and its care at an affordable price.
A pocket guide to the management of acute cardiac problems, for hospital use. Current research findings show that only 50% of cases of myocardial infarction pass through the coronary care unit at any stage of their hospital admission. This means that a small pocket ready reference is an essential aid for a wide range of hospital staff. 'Emergency Cardiac Care: a pocket guide' has been developed from the existing 'Guidelines for the Management of Acute Cardiac Problems' used by the famous 'Jimmy's' hospital in Leeds. It provides instantly accessible, universally acceptable guidelines on this vital area of patient care. An essential purchase for every S.H.O., A&E staff member, coronary care nurse and junior doctor, 'Emergency Cardiac Care: a pocket guide should be used on every hospital ward taking acute medical admissions.
Set in the Sisters of Calvary Nursing Home in London, Jim Nolan's new play *Brighton* follows plucky Irish widow, Fulham FC supporter and 'Terror of the Third Floor', Lily Thompson (Gillian Hanna) on her last great adventure. Sustained by her excursions to the outside world and the friendship of Care Assistant and passionate Arsenal fan, Dave Kelly (Andrew Macklin), the arrival of a new resident, celebrated actor, Jack Dunhill (Mark Lambert), brings them all unexpected challenges and new horizons.
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